Folding washbench.



A. F. HANISGH'.

FOLDING WASHBENGH.

APPLICATION ruin NOV. 6, 1912.

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FOLDING WASHBENCH.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 6, 1912.

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Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

ARTHUR F. HANISCH, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

FOLDING WASHBENCH.

1,114,258. Specification of Letters Patent Patented Oct. 20, 1914.

Application filed November 6, 1912. Serial No. 729,803.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR F. Harrison, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Folding W'ashbenches; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it. appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to folding wash benches.

The object of the invention resides in the provision of a, folding wash bench which comprises a main frame and a plurality of receptacle supporting sections which are adapted to be folded against the main frame when the bench is not in use so that the latter will occupy a minimum space and enable same to be readily moved from one location to another.

A further object of the invention resides in the provision of a folding wash bench which includes a plurality of receptacle supporting sections hingedly connected to each other and to a main-frame to permit said sections to be folded and which further includes a swingingly supported wringer adapted to be adjusted to various positions whereby the material may be wrung in its passage from one receptacle to another with the employment of only a single wringer.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in the details ofconstruction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail reference will be had to the accompanying drawings wherein like characters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several views, and in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the invention showing the parts in unfolded position and v with the wringer in one adjustment in full lines and in its other adjustment in dotted lines. Fig. 2 a front view of what is shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 an end view of what is shown in Fig. 1. -Fig. 41: a front view showing the bench completely folded and the wringer removed. Fig. 5 an enlarged section on the line 55 of Fig. 2. Fig. 6 a section on the line 66 of Fi 5. Fig. 7 an enlarged section on the line 7 of Fig. 1,

and Fig. 8 a perspective view of the bench partially folded.

Referring to the drawings, the invention is shown as comprising a main frame A which includes uprights 10 and 11 supported upon bases 11 and 12 provided with suitable casters 13. These uprights 10 and 11 are connected together adjacent their lower ends by a cross rod 14 and adjacent their upper end by a cross beam 15. The uprights 10 and 11 are also connected between the cross rod 11 and cross beam 15 by diagonal braces 16, said braces 16, cross rod 11 and cross beam 15 serving to impart the necessary strength and rigidity to the frame A. The upright 10 is made considerably longer than the upright 11 and mounted i upon that portion of the upright 10 disposed abovethe upper end of the upright 11 are spaced brackets 17 upon which is hinged a wringer 18 for swinging 'move- 1 Pivotally conment in a horizontal plane. nected to the inner leg of the wringer l8 and embracing both the innerleg and outer .leg of said wringer is a U-shaped member 19 which in one position of the wringer 18 is adapted to engage over the upper end of the upright 11. Connecting the arm of the member 19 is a tie 20 which is positioned so as to lie across the upper end of the upright .11 and therebylimit thejdownward movement of, the free end ofthe member 19. Mounted inonejarm of the member 19 is a bindin screw 21 which is positioned so as to be rought into engagement with the outerleg of the wringer18; and in this manner assist in supporting'the wringer and relieving the hinge connections between the wringer 18 and upright 10 of undue strain. The upright 10 is additionally strengthened by means of a brace 22 suitably secured to the outer side of said upright and rendering the latter fully capable of supporting the wringer 18. Secured to the inner and outer sides of the upright 10 are plates 23, the ends of which project 'beyond the edges of the upright 10. Also secured to the innerand section of the bench is indicated generally at B and comprises parallel side members 26' and 27 which have their inner ends pivotally mounted'between the plates 23 and The bluing water receptacle supporting section is indicated generally at C. This section is indicated in construction to the section 'B and detailed reference thereto will therefore be omitted, it being understood that said section is disposed oppositely to the section B. Secured to the leg 31 of each section B and C which is adjacent the upright 10 is an upwardly extending member 32, said members 32 being movable with the legs 31 to which they are secured. The upper ends of the members 32 are disposed in the same horizontal plane as the upper end of the upright 11 and have exactly the same cross dimensions as said upright 11 so that the wringer 18 may be swung on its hinge and the U-shaped member 19 engaged over either of the members 32 as circumstances may require. The members 32 are connected to the plate 25 by means of a member D which comprises hingedly connected sections 33 and 34, the inner end of the section 33 being pivotally connected to the adjacent end of the plate 25,'while the outer end of the section 34 is connected to the adjacent member32 by means of a hinge 35. Mounted on the inner side of the member 32 just beneath the hinge 35 is a pin 36 which when the section B is folded against the frame A is adapted to engage the under side of the section 34 and cause the member D to break at the junctions of the sections '33 and 34 to permit the free movement of the section B to folded position. This same condition also applies to the member D associated with the member C.

One of the tub supporting sections of the bench is indicated generally E and is shown as comprising side members 37 and 38 suitably braced as at 38 and have secured to their inner ends hinge elements 39 which cooperate respectively with hinge elements 40 secured to the side member 26 of the section B. These hinge elements 39 and 40 are'so constructed as to permit the section E to fold against the outer side of the section B when the latter is in folded position. The side members 37 and 38 of the section E have secured adjacent their outer ends respectively supporting legs 41, the connection between said supporting legs and the side members 37 and 38 being of a non-foldable type and said supporting legs being adapted to pass through the section B when the section E is moved to folded position. It will be noted that the legs 31 of the sections B and C are connected by braces 42 and that these braces are so positioned as not to interfere with the passage of the legs 41 through the section B during the folding of the section E thereagainst. The basket sup porting section of the bench is indicated generally at F and is identical in structure to the section E, same being secured to the section C in precisely the same manner as the section E is secured to the section B and likewise foldable against the outer side of the section 0 in the same manner as the section E is foldable against the outer side of the section B.

From the foregoing construction taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it will be apparent that the sections B and C can be folded upwardly against the frame A and the sections E and F then folded against the outer sides of the sections B and C respectivelv. When the sections are thus folded the bench will occupy very little space and can be moved about on the casters 13 with facility. When it is desired to transfer the material from a tub on the sections E to a rinsing waterreceptacle on the section B the wringer 18 is swung so as to permit ofthe U-shaped member 19 being engaged over the member 32 adjacent the side member 26 of the section B. When it is desired to transfer material from a rinsing water receptacle on the section B to a bluing water receptacle on the section C the wringer 18 is swung so as to permit of the U-shaped member 19 being engaged over the upper end of the uprights 11. When it is desired to transfer material from the bluing water receptacle to a basket supported upon the section F the wringer 18 is swung to a position to permit of the U-shaped member 19 being engaged over the member 32. It will thus be apparent that by constructing the bench in the manner heretofore described various steps in laundering material may be accomplished with the employment of only a single wringer.

What I claim is 1. A wash bench comprising a main frame, oppositely disposed receptacle supporting sections hingedly connected to the main frame and foldable upwardly against the latter, legs secured to the out-ends of said receptacle supporting sections and foldable against the under side of the latter and additional receptacle supporting sections hingedly connected to corresponding sides ofsaid first named receptacle supporting sections for movement in a plane at right tion between certain adjacent receptacle supportingsec-tions, and a U-shaped member pivoted to the inner side of the wring'er and embracing the outer side thereof, said member being movable into embracing relation 15 with a part of a given receptacle supporting section to lock the wringer against pivotal movement.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR F. HANISOH.

Witnesses:

ED. H. HANISCH, HERBERT C. KIMMEL. 

